New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1955. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, very minor edge-wear to dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "I SUDDENLY SAW THAT ALL THE TIME IT WAS NOT I WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING GOD, BUT GOD..... More
New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1939. First American edition. Octavo, original orange red cloth, bottom edge uncut, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with small creased tear to top rear panel, very faint toning to spine and edges. A handsome copy. "THE HEAVENLY SECRETS OPENED UPON THEM, AND THERE..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Forward Movement Publications. Stapled in original decorated wrapper (6 1/4 inches tall), printed in green and black. Faint pen price in upper corner. About- Fine. "SIMPLY TO SAY PRAYERS IS NOT TO PRAY" Advent Papers edition of C.S Lewis's essay on Prayer—an answer to the ultimate question..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1953. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book, bright dust jacket with mild edge-wear, faint toning and soiling, and two ink stamps to lower corner of the back panel, not affecting text. Very good indeed. "INVITING A RETURN TO THE IGNORANCE AND..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1947. First edition. 12 mo., original red cloth, original dust jacket. Neat verso reinforcement to corners and ends of unclipped original jacket. A near-fine copy. "LET THE CHURCH REMEMBER THIS: THAT EVERY MAKER AND WORKER IS CALLED TO SERVE GOD IN HIS PROFESSION—NOT OUTSIDE IT"..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1956]. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Small owner label to corner of blank flyleaf, blank pocket on rear flyleaf, small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, slight toning and creasing to spine of bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "TO FORBID..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1978. First edition thus. Octavo, original purple cloth over lavender boards, original dust jacket. Upper right corner bumped. About-fine. "AS MY WHIMSICAL LORD TAKES ME" First Macmillan edition of these "simple, powerful reflections on the human condition in the scientific age." A splendid..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. First edition. Small slim octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth, gilt spine, original illustrated dust jacket. Very minor toning to A near-fine copy. "LONDON AS SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE SOULS OF THE DEAD" First edition of All Hallow's Eve—the last..... More